The Clot, Read — Mustafa Khattab 2018 Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Clot

اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ

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Read, ˹O Prophet,˺ in the Name of your Lord Who created—

Iqra/ bi-ismi rabbika allathee khalaqa

خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ

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created humans from a clinging clot.

Khalaqa al-insana min AAalaqin

اقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ

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Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous,

Iqra/ warabbuka al-akramu

الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ

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Who taught by the pen—

Allathee AAallama bialqalami

عَلَّمَ الْإِنسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ

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taught humanity what they knew not.

AAallama al-insana ma lam yaAAlam

كَلَّا إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَيَطْغَىٰ

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Most certainly, one exceeds all bounds

Kalla inna al-insana layatgha

أَن رَّآهُ اسْتَغْنَىٰ

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once they think they are self-sufficient.

An raahu istaghna

إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعَىٰ

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˹But˺ surely to your Lord is the return ˹of all˺.

Inna ila rabbika alrrujAAa

أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ

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Have you seen the man who prevents

Araayta allathee yanha

عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ

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a servant ˹of Ours˺ from praying?

AAabdan itha salla

أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ

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What if this ˹servant˺ is ˹rightly˺ guided,

Araayta in kana AAala alhuda

أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ

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or encourages righteousness?

Aw amara bialttaqwa

أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

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What if that ˹man˺ persists in denial and turns away?

Araayta in kaththaba watawalla

أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَىٰ

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Does he not know that Allah sees ˹all˺?

Alam yaAAlam bi-anna Allaha yara

كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ

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But no! If he does not desist, We will certainly drag him by the forelock—

Kalla la-in lam yantahi lanasfaAAan bialnnasiyati

نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ

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a lying, sinful forelock.

Nasiyatin kathibatin khati-atin</b

فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ

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So let him call his associates.

FalyadAAu nadiyahu

سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ

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We will call the wardens of Hell.

SanadAAu alzzabaniyata

كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِب

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Again, no! Never obey him ˹O Prophet˺! Rather, ˹continue to˺ prostrate and draw near ˹to Allah˺.

Kalla la tutiAAhu waosjud waiqtarib

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